LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria. Mr Paul Arkwright said a 10-year visa ban will be slammed on Nigerians who present forged documents to back their applications. “I know there is a feeling in Nigeria that we refuse visas more often than we accept them. That is not the case. “We…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Organised labour was adamant yesterday that its nationwide strike scheduled to start tomorrow would proceed despite a National Industrial Court’s Friday ruling, restraining workers from shunning work until the determination of a suit instituted by the federal government on the dispute over national minimum wage. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister…
By Victor Ebimomi LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos state governor , Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and Oba of Lagos, HRM Rilwan Akiolu are expected to attend the maiden edition of Ilaje Day celebration holding in Lagos . Other personalities expected at the occasion are HRM Oba F.E.O. Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ondo State and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)President Buhari has warned Nigerians elites to stop misleading the people through their unguarded utterances and hate speeches. The president gave the warning at the 24th convocation ceremony of the University of Uyo on Saturday where he said universities as home of great thinkers, should give guidance to the communities to enable…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, will on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, deliver the News Express 6th Anniversary Lecture, which has as theme, Transparency – Bedrock of Sustainable Development, the organisers said on Sunday. The event will hold at the main hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Opposition political parties under the aegis of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) have described as suspicious the Friday’s presentation of the attestation of result to President Muhammadu Buhari by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The CUPP, which comprises about 42 political parties including the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he and the late Gen. Shehu Musa Yar’Adua were classmates at both the primary and secondary schools, noting that they both joined the Army after the completion of their West African School Certificate Examination. Buhari said that he and the late Gen. Yar’Adua wrote the WASCE…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has recovered the body of the man who allegedly jumped into the Lagos lagoon on Friday morning. A statement by the LASWA management indicated that following a distress call received by the emergency rescue unit of Authority on Friday at about 10.30am of a man who…